Type for printing tabular forms



Y H'. w. BAILEY.

TYPE FOR PRINTING TABULAR FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE'IQrlQZO.

"1,373,159, Patented Mar. 29,1921.

HARRISON W. BAILEY, OF SOUTH BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS.

TYPE FOR PRINTING TABULAR FORMS.

Application filed June 19, 1920. .Serial No. 390,126.

To all 10 from it may concern Be it known that I, H ARRISON \V. BAILEY,

a citizen of'the United States, residingat South Braintree, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Types for Printing Tabular Forms, of which the following is a specification.

In printing tabular forms it has been the practice of printers heretofore to print the horizontal and vertical lines of the tabularform by means of small thin pieces of brass known as rules, the horizontal lines being printed by means of thin pieces of brass known as cross rules and the vertical lines being printed by means of thin pieces oi brass known vertical rules or down rules.

In printing tabular forms by means of horizontal and vertical rules, the vertical rules are usually of one piece, the length of the vertical line to be printed. This news sitates the use of short pieces of brass for the cross rules, the length of the pieces depending upon the distance between the vertical rules. This distance between the vertical rules from line to line varies from six point (one-twelfth of an inch) or one-half pica upward. i

In setting tabular forms, the rules are po sitioned relatively to each other by means of quads, or quads and leads, and to obtain the different distances apart required for the lines necessitates the use of odd size quads, or quads and leads, or special contrivances.

It will be readily understood that to handle allthese different rules, quads,leads andspecial contrivances necessitates the expenditure of a large amount ofskilled labor in order to set the tabular form.

The object of this invention is to provide a printers foundry type combining both the quad and rule in one character, said type to be of different sizes to give any required dis- 'tance between the cross rules from six to forty-eight point and cast in such sizes that with a combination of diiterent types it will be possible to obtain any width column in one-half pica measures, it being understood that a pica is equalto one-sixth of an inch.

The tabular type of this invention may he designed for use with vertical rules and having on them characters corresponding to the horizontal rules only, in which case, the tabular type of this invention would be used, when set up, with vertical rules.

The invention further contemplates a Specification of Letters Patent.

'printers foundry type of printers foundry Patented Mar. .29, 1921.

tabular type in which only a character or characters corresponding to vertical rules are embodied, or said tabular type may embody characters for printing both the horn zontal and the vertical rules, or the horizolr tal rules only.

To these ends the invention consists in a printers foundry type with a printing character or characters thereon as hereinafter described and particularly aspointed out in the claims. i'

The invention further consists in the combination in a printcrs form oi. a plurality of with the characters thereon extending from side to side, the printlng faces of said characters combining to form a straight line in combination with vertical rules, whereby the horizontal and vertical lines of a tabular form may be printed.

The invention further consists in the com bination in a printcfsform of a plurality type having characters extending across from one side to another oppositely disposed side oi. said type in a straight line and intersecting at right angles otl'iercharacters extending from top to bottom on the face of the type, whereby continuous horizontal. and vertical lines of a tabular form may be printed.

Referring; to the drawings:

Figure 1 illustrates a tabular form such as may be printed by the use of my improved tabular type in combination with vertical rules. i a

. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a tabular type for printing horizontal lines in the tabular form and represents a tabular type of width equal to the six points or one-half pica, which is known as the six set size be ing the unit set size for all body sizes. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a tubular type with the position of. the printing line corresponding to the horizontal rule on an eighteen point body in etzjmdard line.

Fig. 4.- is a perspective view of several of the tabular type shown in. composition with vertical rules. I

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a tabular type with a single vertical characterthereon, this type being used for vertical rules in tabular work. I I

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tabular type with a pair of parallel vertical characters thereon. which is also used for vertical rules in tabular work.

the "bottom of the type; (Z is the top of the type ad "a the printing face of the character on the type. 1

portion of a typeconstlucted in with'my invention and having a In the drawings, Fig. 2, 10 is the body ccordan e character 11 which extends entirely across the face of the'type, being flush with the opposite sides of'the loodyof the type. When a numberKof these types'are placed side by side they will print the horizontal lines of a tabularform the same as a continuous brass rule.- These characters may also be placed one ab'ove'an'other' and when this is done the i dlstance betweenruhngs will be equal to the entire height of the body of the type,

that is,*eighteen point type will give eighteen point rulings unless specially construct.

ed for the use of headings. V

,It-willialso be understood that the line printed by the face of the character 11 of thetype'will print on what is known as the standard line, that is, in line with the bottom of the letter in regular standard line foundry type, but may be so arranged as to print in any position desired between the top and the bottom of the type.

It will be noted that the characters 11 are formed as an inverted V, whereby great strength'is imparted to said characters as compared with that of the ordinary rule.

1 In Fig. 3, 12 is the body of the type and 13 is the-character. This type illustrates an 'eighteenipoint 'body and the character is looatedthereon in standard line and 1s flush with the opposite sides of the body of the ,ty

In Fig.4several type l lwith characters 15 thereon for-printing horizontal lines are shown assembled with rules 16 for printing the vertical lines in a tabular form.

In -Fig. 5 17 is the body of the type and 18 the character for printing asingle vertical line.

In Fig. 6 19 is the body ofthe type and I 20 and 21 the characters which print a pair of parallel vertical lines.

"In Fig. 7 22 is the body of the type, 23

and 24 are characters which will print vertical lines and 25 is a character which will print a horizontal line when the type is set up.

the type. Ill

and 33 1 characters for printing :1 pair o horimntal llnes.

in Fig. 11 35) is the body of the type. M is the character for printing a single vertical line and 5-1 a for printing a pa lines.

In Fig. 12 13 is the body of the type. l-l is a character for printing a horizontal line and 15 and 4.6 are characters for printing a pair of vertical lines. V

It will thus be seen that any desired com-- bination of horizontal and vertical lines may be printed by means of tabular type embodying my invention and designed to fit different combinations and designs of tabular forms.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4., it will he understood that the vertical rules 16 are to be used and the type prints the horizontal lines, but in the.

forms of my invention illustrated in Figs. 5 to 12 inclusive both the horizontal and vertical rules are omitted in setting up the type, the type being set up face to face and when up making a form which will print both horizontal. and vertical lines of a tabula' form without the use of the objectionable cross rules and vertical rules.

It will further be seen that where vertical rules are used, as in the printing of tabular forms illustrated in Fig. 1, there is a slight space between the horizontal lines and the vertical lines. This is necessarily the fact where separate vertical rules are employed in combination with my improved type, but where the tabular type is of the character illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 there is no space between the vertical and the horizontal lines of the printed tabular form, these lines being continuous in the type, they will also be continuous in the printed tabular form and will intersect each other.

It will be understood that the printing face of the character. or the printing faces of the characters referred to in the following claims, contemplates any face now made in rules for printing tabular forms.

I claim:

1. In combination, a form for printing, comprising a plurality of printers foundry type, each of said type having a printing character thereon, the printing face of said Ill) character extending from one side to the other or the body portion of said type, said type being arranged in series, and thin metal pieces or rules, interposed between adjacent types, the printing faces of said rules extending at right angles to the lines constituting the printing faces of said types, whereby a plurality of vertical lines may be printed with horizontal lines therebetween.

2. In combination, a form for printing, comprising a plurality of printers foundry type, each of said type having a plurality of printing characters thereon, the printing faces of said characters extending; in paral- 101 lines from one side to the other of the body portion of said type whereby a plurality of uninterrupted straight parallel lines may be printed.

3. In combination, a form for printing,

comprising a plurality of printers foundry type, each of said type consisting of a body portion and a" plurality of printing characters thereon, the printing faces of said characters extending at right angles to each other and each of said faces extending from one side to the other of said body portion or from the top to the bottom thereof whereby a plurality of vertical lines may be printed with horizontal lines therebetween and intersectinn said vertical lines.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRISON W. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN E. Low, CHARLES S. Goonme. 

